Pools try again for Richie Barker
Posted on 2nd January 2007
Hartlepool United manager Danny Wilson will again try to secure the services of Mansfield Town player Richie Barker. Pools have already been linked with the player and with the opening of the January transfer window are now free to try once again.
Barker played against Pools in the two side's recent meeting but appeared to make his farewells to the home supporters at the end, although he later insisted nothing was to be read into his actions. Pools have lodged a bid for the fifteen–goal hitman, believed to be around £80,000, which is thought to have been accepted by Stags chairman Peter Lee. While Lee apparently wants to sell, Barker has yet to commit to the move.
"We have made our bid and it has been accepted but we will now have to wait and see," Wilson said. "It is in their hands (Barker and Mansfield), it has been for a while now. They won't get any more from us so we will have to see if they will let him go. We can't force them to sell. We saw yesterday why we like him because he is a terrific targetman but we will have to see what develops in the next few weeks."
Speaking his future at Mansfield Town Barker admitted his future was unclear. "I have heard nothing, although that could change quickly. I have only read what is in the papers. Unless I'm told anything differently then I am a Mansfield player, but I think with the way things are, if I am being truthful, there is a chance that something might happen," he said.
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